Career Honors & Awards:
• 2010 First Team All-MVC - 3B
• 2010 MVC All-Tournament Team Selection - 3B
• 2010 MVC Player of the Week - 5/17/10
• 2010 Preseason All-MVC Selection - 3B
• 2009 Second Team All-MVC - 3B
Records Held At UE:
• Single-Game Home Runs: 3 vs. Bradley (4/25/10 - tied record)
2010 – A first team all-MVC selection at third base...Also named to the MVC All-Tournament team...Led the Valley with 19 home runs...Hit five more home runs than any other MVC player...Also ranked among the MVC’s leaders in batting average (11th-.351), slugging percentage (3rd-.671), on-base percentage (6th-.441), hits (6th-79), RBI (2nd-65), total bases (2nd-151), and HBPs (6th-11)...Ranked 36th nationally in home runs...Started all 59 games for UE at both third base (53) and first base (six)...Produced 22 multi-hit games and 20 multi-RBI contests...Led UE with a .361 average in MVC play with eight home runs and 20 RBI...Hit home runs against every MVC team except Missouri State and Illinois State...Tied UE’s single-game record with three home runs in UE’s 15-5 victory over Bradley (4/25)...Also hit two home runs against Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament (5/25)...Went consecutive games without a hit just once all spring...Hit safely in 47 of UE’s 59 games...Did not go more than eight games without a home run...His 19 home runs ranked second all-time in UE single-season history...His 65 RBI ranked fifth-best in a single-season.
2009 – A second team all-MVC selection at third base...Ranked among the MVC’s leaders in hits (9th-70), runs (9th-44), RBI (7th-46), doubles (2nd-19), home runs (7th-9), and slugging percentage (8th-.526), while hitting .307...Had 17 multi-hit games and a team-best 13 multi-RBI contests...Opened his UE career hitting safely in 14-straight games...Hit safely in 48 of his 55 games played (all starts)...Had a season-high four hits vs. Butler (2/27)...Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a grand slam, and a season-best four RBI at Kentucky (4/22)...Led the team with 28 two-out hits and 17 two-out RBI...Hit .337 (28-for-83) with two outs in an inning...Hit .368 or higher in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings...Had game-winning walk-off hits against both Mississippi Valley State (3/15) and Northern Iowa (3/29).
At Jefferson College – Named Jefferson’s team MVP as a freshman after excelling both on the mound and in the field...Went 5-0 with a 2.78 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 45.1 innings of work for the Vikings as a freshman...Also hit .314 with 11 doubles, 10 home runs, and 47 RBI...Played in the inaugural NJCAA Freshman All-Star Series in Millington, Tennessee in 2007...Earned a medical redshirt during the 2008 season at Jefferson.
Background – A two-time all-state selection and conference MVP at Fatima High School in Westphalia, Missouri near Jefferson City...A three-time all-conference pick in four years on the diamond...Also lettered three years in basketball for the Comets...Majoring in exercise science...Chose Evansville because of the desire to win shown by the coaches.
